<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>If we've used the water what side effects should we look for? Riverdale residents got the message a day later.</div><div><br></div><div>I also noted that the question of not being charged during this period and the flushing of the system was not addressed in this thread. Where can we find this information out? I didn't see that on the WSSC website.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Jarman</div><div>6211 44th Ave<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 5, 2014, at 12:09 AM, Verizon <<a href="mailto:jackson325@verizon.net">jackson325@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Boil Water Advisory is lifted. Flush your lines! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li style="padding: 0px 0px 2px; list-style-image: url(http://www.wsscwater.com/images/dot_links.gif);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">WSSC suggests customers run all cold water taps for five minutes. If you have a single-lever faucet, set it to run the cold water. </span></li><li style="padding: 0px 0px 2px; list-style-image: url(http://www.wsscwater.com/images/dot_links.gif);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Begin with the highest faucet in your home or business and then open the other faucets one at a time, moving from your highest floor to your lowest. </span></li><li style="padding: 0px 0px 2px; list-style-image: url(http://www.wsscwater.com/images/dot_links.gif);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After five minutes, turn off your faucets in reverse order, from the lowest to highest. You should also flush your refrigerator’s water lines. </span></li><li style="padding: 0px 0px 2px; list-style-image: url(http://www.wsscwater.com/images/dot_links.gif);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Flushing your water lines will lower the risk of potential contamination that is created whenever a water main is depressurized because of a break. </span></li><li style="padding: 0px 0px 2px; list-style-image: url(http://www.wsscwater.com/images/dot_links.gif);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Customers should also dispose of any ice made since the precautionary BWA was put in place at 7:55 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2. The next three batches of ice should also be thrown out. Icemaker containers should be wiped clean with a solution of two tablespoons bleach to one gallon of water.</span></li></ul><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Will WSSC give credits for the days without water and now wasting water to flush the lines?</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Begin forwarded message:<br><br></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>From:</b> "Blandford, Ayoka" <<a href="mailto:Ayoka.Blandford@wsscwater.com">Ayoka.Blandford@wsscwater.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> September 4, 2014 at 11:46:46 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "Byrum-Jackson, Janice R." <<a href="mailto:jbyrum-jackson@hunton.com">jbyrum-jackson@hunton.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>RE: Boil water Riverdale Park, md</b></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The BWA was lifted <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">at 11:27pm</a>. But you MUST flush your water lines.<br><br>I am providing notifications now. Please check our homepage and social media.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Byrum-Jackson, Janice R. [<a href="mailto:jbyrum-jackson@hunton.com">mailto:jbyrum-jackson@hunton.com</a>] <br>Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 11:45 PM<br>To: Blandford, Ayoka<br>Cc: Town of Riverdale Park<br>Subject: Boil water Riverdale Park, md<br><br>How will you alert the people affected by the boil water advisory when it is "safe" to use our tap water again? <br>WSSC has not updated the information on your website since<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">Thursday afternoon</a> 8/4/14. <br><br><br><br>Janice Byrum-Jackson<br><a href="tel:301-927-1232" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8/0">301-927-1232</a><br><a href="mailto:jbyrum-jackson@hunton.com">jbyrum-jackson@hunton.com</a></span></font></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>TownTalk mailing list</span><br><span>To post to the list, send mail to <a href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a></span><br><span><a href="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a> is for automated subscription processing only</span><br><span><a href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit <a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info">http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>